On Sunday, July 1, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center will be celebrating its 50th anniversary. This NASA site has been the launch site for every U.S. human space flight since 1968. The space center is located north-northwest of Cape Canaveral on the Atlantic Ocean, and is 34 miles long and about 6 miles wide. Kennedy Space Center has been home to launches from the Apollo missions and all the Space Shuttle missions. credit: NASA